Uyghurs, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, political dissidents, and religious minorities are detained without trial, subjected to reeducation, and forced into factories tied to global brands.
In February 2025, Thailand, under Chinese pressure, deported dozens of Uyghur Muslims to China despite international leaders speaking out against it.
In the United States, former New York City police Sgt.
Zijin Gold International is a subsidiary of Zijin Mining Group, which is listed on the U.S. government's Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.
Tohti, a professor at a Beijing university, has been an outspoken critic of the Chinese regime and its treatment of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Rushan Abbas is a Uyghur American activist and advocate for the Uyghur people in what pro-independence activists call East Turkistan, while the CCP refers to it as “Xinjiang,” meaning “new territories” in Chinese, as it was conquered and occupied by China
"Volkswagen should not seek to brush off or minimize evidence of Uyghur forced labor within its supply chain when the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act explicitly bans the importation into the United States of any products, regardless of size, made in-whole
In 2019, the Commerce Department put it on the entity list over its role in the mass surveillance of Uyghurs, and the Pentagon designated it a Chinese military company in fiscal year 2021.
macabre state-run system—involving security forces, military hospitals, and civilian transplant centers—to forcibly harvest organs from living prisoners of conscience, primarily Falun Gong practitioners, but increasingly also other groups including Uyghur
It also called for federal reporting on China-linked harassment and intimidation targeting Hong Kong activists, Uyghurs, Falun Gong practitioners, Shen Yun, and Tibetan activists.
Rep.
Weber also said nine transplant centers have been built in the Xinjiang region alone, adding that Middle Eastern demand for “halal organs” had created a specific market for Uyghur Muslims’ organs.
The House holds a floor vote on multiple China-related bills, including the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025, the Falun Gong Protection Act, the No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act, and the Taiwan International Solidarity Act.
For years, Beijing has portrayed the Uyghur issue as an internal matter, but quietly, it has pressed every government on its periphery to surveil, detain, or expel Uyghur exiles and suspected militants.
In 2025, Thailand deported 40 Uyghur Muslims to China, drawing condemnation from Washington, other foreign governments, the United Nations, and rights advocacy groups.
"We need a very clear public statement from the Australian government that there can't be any threats to Tibetans, Uyghurs and Chinese who are citizens and residents of Australia," she said.
Hailey Do contributed to the story.
House and Senate passed resolutions ahead of Trump's visit with Xi in May, urging the president to also press the Chinese leader for the release of Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife, Pang Yu; media mogul and CCP critic Jimmy Lai; and retired Uyghur medical
The concerted persecution and medical testing of the Uyghurs is more recent and it may be that evidence of forced organ harvesting of this group may emerge in due course," its final report said.
The report named dozens of political prisoners: pastors, a Catholic bishop, Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetans, Uyghurs, rights lawyers, scholars, and others.
The report covers the 2024 calendar year, preceding the Trump administration.
Murphy noted in her piece that both the regime and private companies—probably those using forced Uyghur labour—had been trying to stop her research for years.
A Swiss government-commissioned study, commonly known as the Weber report, examined pressure directed at Tibetan and Uyghur communities in the country.
